Transition and literature in contemporary Spain ; Transition et littérature dans l'Espagne contemporaine
This article looks at contemporary Spain where the term "Transition" means "democratic transition", a step of change resulting from the authoritarian and traumatic framework of General Franco's dictatorial military regime leading to a parliamentary monarchy and consolidated democracy. Behind a seemingly obvious figure is a bundle of loopholes, both on time limits and on content and issues. We will use the literary axis to examine what is not known as a process, a phenomenon or a series of events. We will first discuss the main dates on which the Spanish transition is taking place in order to highlight the many issues at stake. Then with a panoramic look, and the choice of two novels more precisely, we will see the repercussions that can be found in fiction texts. Finally, with literature that helps progress towards the end of this transitional period, writing will be a central question in building an identity for the present Spain. Transition keywords, literature, Spain and novel Reflect to the concept of transition finds a specific extension in the case of contemporary Spain, where the term 'Transition', which can be written with a capital letter as an allusion to a commonly recognised reference, refers without question to what is more explicitly referred to as 'the democratic transition'. This stage of change, resulting from an authoritarian and traumatic framework, concerns the years when Spain moved from the dictatorial military regime of General Franco to a parliamentary monarchy and a consolidated democracy. However, behind this apparent blurry is a bundle of loopholes, both on time limits and on content and challenges. For this reason, one of the axes can legitimately be literary in order to examine from a different perspective what is not known as a process, a phenomenon or a series of events to be perceived in their coherence as leading from a position A to a position B. Some dates marking the Spanish transition. Boxes A and B are themselves plural, depending on the meaning of 'democratic transition' — ...